Bluesky, a lot of you are sharing this but not subscribing to the newsletter, let alone paying for it! Do your part to make sure this social media platform is a viable means to sustain independent journalism! I am Pat Spencer dropping bucket after bucket to let you know I’m that motherfucker!

If I had to diagnose the cause of the "Bluesky malaise" as @kleinman.bsky.social calls it, I would describe it as a lot of people without the skills or resources or interest in journalism or activism mistakenly believing that being performatively miserable all the time will net the same results.